[PATCH app/xdpyinfo] Use XRANDR 1.2 extension for reporting dimensions and resolution per output

[Michel Dänzer]

On 13/04/17 12:52 PM, Keith Packard wrote:
> Pali Rohár <pali.rohar at gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> Current usage of DisplayWidthMM() and DisplayHeightMM() does not make sense
>> for multi-monitor configuration. In most cases DPI is set to 96 as there is
>> no sane value.
>>
>> Instead when XRANDR 1.2 extension is supported, report dimensions and
>> resolution information per XRANDR monitor output. It should provide
>> correct DPI value.
> 
> I'd be happy for this to be reported as additional information, but I
> suspect there are numerous shell scripts which parse the old information
> which will get confused by any change in the format.

In which case it should probably only be printed with -ext RANDR, to be
consistent with other extensions.


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Earthling Michel Dänzer               |               http://www.amd.com
Libre software enthusiast             |             Mesa and X developer

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